Improvement in washing-machines



M. L. HAWKS.

Washing-Machines.

No. 145,799, Patented D ec. 23,1873.

Witnesses: 3 Inventor:

6 W I i I m Attorneys.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFIon.

MOSES L. HAVKS, OF KINDERHOOK, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,799, dated December23, 1873; application filed September 20, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Moses L. HAWKS, of

' Kinderhook, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is an endView of the same, partly in section, through the line m m, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a detail longitudinal section of one end of the machine, takenthrough the line y y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of thewashing-machine for which Letters Patent No. 140,625 were is sued. to meJuly 8, 187 3, so as to make it more convenient in use, and moreeffective in operation. The invention consists in the connecting wiresor rods, bent twice at right angles at the inner sides of the standards,and in the rubber bands, whole in their upper part and split in theirlower part, and the stationary supports, in combination with thehalf-bearings of the upper roller, and the supports attached to thecross-bars that form the bearings for the two outer small rollers, ashereinafter fully described.

A is the large upper roller, to which the crank B is attached; 0 are thefour small rollers; D are the slotted standards; E is the top bar; F isthe base-bar G is the large slotted cleat; H are the small notchedcleats; I is the slotted cross-bar, and J is the locking-pin about theconstruction of which parts there is nothing new. The journals of thelarge roller A are held down by the half-bearings K, which rest uponthem, and slide up and down in the slots of the standards D. Thehalf-bearings K project upon the outer sides of the standards D, and thetops of the projecting parts are rounded 05 to receive the rubber bandsL. The journals of the two inner small rollers O revolve in bearings inthe standards D. The journals of the two outer small rollers 0 passthrough short curved slots in the standards D, and revolve in bearingsin the ends of the cross-bars'M, which are placed upon the outer sidesof the standards D. The upper parts of the rubber bands L are whole, buttheir lower parts are split, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner lower partsof the rubber bands L pass around curved supports N, attached to thestandards D. The outer lower parts of the rubber bands L pass aroundsupports 0, attached to the middle part of the cross-bars M, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3. This construction allows the outer lower rollers to yieldmore readily as the clothes are entering and leaving the machine, andprevents the tendency to press the rollers out of position. Thecross-bars M are connected and held in place against the outer sides ofthe standards D by the wires or rods P, the ends of which are attachedto the ends of the said cross-bars M. The wires or rods P pass acrossthe edges of the standards D, and, at the inner side of said standards,are bent twice at right angles, so as to pass beneath the outer smallrollers, and thus be out of the way of the clothes.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. The connecting wires or rods P, bent twice 'atright angles at the inner sides of the standards D, combined with saidstandards, andwith the cross bars M M, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the'purpose set forth.

2. The rubber bands L, whole in their upper part, and split in theirlower part, and the sta tionary supports N, in combination with thehalf-bearings K of the upper roller A, and the supports 0, attached tothe cross-bars M, that form the bearings for the two outer lower rollers(l, substantially'as herein shown and described.

MOSES L. HAWKS.

Witnesses: WILLARD J. BOWEN, O. Scorn. CLARK.

